whooo
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9.9
A soft call made by an owl at night
- interjection
- /huː/
:
¡buh!
- The children listened eagerly as the resident owl responded with a gentle whooo from the trees.
Examples
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In the quiet night, the owl perched on the fence and let out a soft whooo.
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WHOOO HOOO HOOO...Man!
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Whooo.
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Whooo-hoo-hoo!
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All I do is sit on the branch and say Whooo! His wings drooped a little as he clung to the limb.
Fiction book (2000) -
As the dusk settled, we heard the distant whooo of an owl echoing through the woods.
Synonyms
whoo
vswhooo
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9.3
A soft hooting sound an owl makes at night
is an imitative sound used to represent that hoot rather than the genuine call
How Long
Surface Forms
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Etymology
The word whooo copies the soft call of an owl, like a long 'who' or hoot. That's why whooo is used to write or say an owl's sound.